Section-I : Verbal Communication

In Question 1
carefully read the sentence given below and identify the
grammatically INCORRECT option to fill in the blank.

Q. 1:

This strategy has
proved very successful for Nike, but to keep ahead of competition
they must keep ___________ new factory sites and sourcing cheap
workers.

(A) searching

(B) exploring

(C) surveying

(D) scrutinising

Directions:

In Question 2,
select the pair of words that best expresses a relationship
SIMILAR to the pair in CAPITAL letters.

Q. 2:

PROVINCIALISM :
PAROCHIALISM

(A) Dilettante :
Inexpert

(B) Miscegenation :
Mitigation

(C) Meretricious :
Sober

(D) Decadent :
Resplendent

Directions:

Question 3
consists of four groups of jumbled phrases, only ONE of which
is grammatically correct. Identify the CORRECT option.

Q. 3:

(A) matured, venture
capital has undergone still another redefinition, returning / at
least in part to its early roots in funding mature / now as the
technology business has / businesses, in technology and in other
segments as well

(B) energy and
financial services / areas and has been a leading in information
technology, media / the firm has invested across many industry / and
communications, telecommunications, healthcare,

(C) in the area of
new ventures that, I might one day return to help put / I left the
Gaeltacht convinced that the way to / in place the very
infrastructures needed to create a sustenable and thriving economy /
save this island of Irish tradition is to work

(D) the consequence
of that - in part - is / companies with good people that are just
farther along / that have gone public in the past that are still
good, / that their are a lot of orphans out there among companies.

Directions:

Questions 4 - 7
relate to the passage given below:

Visualization is the three-dimensional, multicolored, singing-and-dancing
version of affirmations that enables the subconscious to prefigure future
achievement or success. It is a basic and fundamental human attribute, and one
that can literally be the difference between surviving and not surviving.

When Victor Frankl, the Freudian psychologist, was examining the
discriminating factors that enabled him, and many like him, to survive in the
hell of the Nazi concentration camps, the key factor was the ability to
visualize. All survivors had a vision of something beyond their current
suffering, something more worthwhile, and something worth hanging on for.

This underlines the importance of each individual having a vision of
something, outside and larger than herself, that gives her life some meaning.
The very existence of a mission lifts the eyes to something more meaningful and
enduring - and in so doing provides something to live for - at times when quiet
surrender could be an attractive option. Such a vision gives a further raison
d'etre for integrity, by providing a purpose that binds together the core values
that make up self-worth.

One of the most powerful - and difficult to achieve - applications of
visualization is to focus your mind daily on the person you intend to become.
Create a clear mental picture of that person - and see it in full color, and add
sounds and smells, if they are appropriate. The emotional values you add to the
visualization are vital in making the full connection to your subconscious,
which acts only on thoughts that are mixed with emotions. These techniques are,
of course, widely validated in fields like sport and business, where the peak
performers are nearly all visualizes. They all see, feel, and fully experience
their success before they achieve it.

Q. 4: Which of the
following statements, in the light of the above passage, is NOT
correct?

(A) Visualization is
the affirmation of the subconscious

(B) Visualization is
three dimensional, multicolored and auditory

(C) Visualization is
a basic and fundamental quality of human mind

(D) Visualization
can make a significant difference in terms of our very existence

Q. 5: The above passage
DOES NOT deal with

(A) uses of visualization

(B) quality of visualization

(C) techniques of visualisation

(D) illustrations of visualisation

Q. 6: Which of the
following observations CANNOT be directly inferred from the
above passage?